Sunday, November 12, 2017
The Marriage of Figaro at the Benedum

Members of the Retirees Association traveled by chartered bus to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh to see The Marriage of Figaro, an opera with music composed by Mozart.  This opera is one of the most popular comic operas of all time. Included on the bus trip was a pre-opera talk by Byron Nelson, a retiree from the WVU English Department and the OLLI instructor for Opera as Drama, and a short critical recap on the way home.

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October 15, 2017
Tosca at the Benedum

The members traveled by chartered bus to Pittsburgh to see the matinee of Tosca at the Benedum.  The place is Rome where police chief Scarpia is hunting an escaped political prisoner and he's trying to force opera star Floria Tosca to reveal the hiding place.  It's a story with political intrigue, love, loyalty, betrayal and murder.  Included on the bus trip was a pre-opera talk by Byron Nelson, a retiree from the WVU English Department and the OLLI instructor for Opera as Drama, and a short critical recap on the way home.